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Transportation
William Simpson was transported on the Countess Of Harcourt, departing 3rd Sep 1822 and arriving 21st Dec 1822 with 173 passengers.
Ship of 517 tons, built in India 1811. Voyages to NSW and VDL 1821, 1822, 1824, 1827 & 1828. Researchers please note that sailings direct from Ireland to Australia are not recorded under British data, and therefore not all details of people are on this web site (they are being added in, by volunteers, so please check thoroughly or send a message on community fb if you have queries).
Countess Of Harcourt (generic)References
| Primary Source | Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. |
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Convict Notes
Those prisoners who had been convicted during the Commission, were now brought and received the following sentences from the Hon. Justice Jebb:— William Nugent and Timothy Duff, for highwav robbery, to be hanged. William Simpson, for stealing a mare, &c., to hanged. Hopes of commutation of punishment from death to transportation, were held out to Simpson by the Judge. Laurence Tyrrell, for a highway robbery near the Pigeon-house, to be hanged. Saunders’s News-Letter, 4 Jan 1822.
Irish Convict Database, by Peter Mayberry. William Simpson, age on arrival, 30, per Countess of Harcourt (2) 1822, tried at Dublin Co., 1822, Life, DOB, 1792, native place, Monaghan Co., trade: Servant.